Those who grasp at things as truly existent are like someone trying to catch the reflection of the moon in water.

Awareness is like the sun. When it shines on things, they are transformed.

The true mark of a spiritual practitioner is that your own behavior is better, not that you can criticize others well.

The problem is not the problem; the problem is your attitude about the problem.

The difference between misery and happiness depends on what we do with our attention.

Expectations are the thieves of joy.

Looking for peace is like looking for a turtle with a mustache: you won't be able to find it. But when your heart is ready, peace will come looking for you.

The greatest wisdom is seeing through appearances.

Drop by drop is the water pot filled. Likewise, the wise man, gathering it little by little, fills himself with good.

Study how water flows in a valley stream, smoothly and freely between the rocks.

Moment after moment, completely devote yourself to listening to your inner voice.

The past is just a memory. The future is just a dream. Be here now.

My actions are my only true belongings. I cannot escape the consequences of my actions. My actions are the ground upon which I stand.

The Buddha and all sentient beings are nothing but expressions of the one mind. There is nothing else.

Not knowing how near the truth is, we seek it far away.

All worldly pursuits have but one unavoidable and inevitable end, which is sorrow; acquisitions end in dispersion; buildings in destruction; meetings in separation; births in death.

The six realms of existence are like a dream, why build a prison for yourself?

To be fully alive, fully human, and completely awake is to be continually thrown out of the nest.

Through understanding emptiness, one does not become proud of one's virtues, just as one does not become proud of building a castle in the sky.

Life is nothing but a continuous chain of sensations. Pleasant or unpleasant, observe them objectively.

Life is available only in the present moment.

Meditation is not an escape from reality but a way to understand reality as it truly is.

If I had any position, I would thereby have a flaw. But since I have no position, I alone am without flaw.

Your own treasure house contains everything you need; why search outside?

The door of your heart can only be opened from the inside.

This is the real secret of life -- to be completely engaged with what you are doing in the here and now. And instead of calling it work, realize it is play.

By understanding emptiness, one understands all phenomena. Without understanding emptiness, one understands nothing.

We can never obtain peace in the outer world until we make peace with ourselves.

Wisdom arises when you see the true characteristics of phenomena through direct experience.

Wisdom is not something we have to strive to acquire. Rather, wisdom arises naturally as we open our hearts to the truth of what is.

The root of all suffering is ignorance. The antidote to ignorance is wisdom that realizes emptiness.

The essence of mind is empty like space; yet it contains all things, like a mirror.

Wisdom is not about accumulating knowledge, but about seeing through all knowledge.